Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. at Oakes & Nichols with Rev. Steve Dorning and Rev. David Spencer officiating. Burial will follow in Santa Fe Cemetery. Visitation with the family will begin Monday at 4:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols concluding with Masonic Rites at 7:00 p.m. with members of Benton Masonic Lodge officiating. The family suggests memorials to Santa Fe Cemetery Association, c/o Norman Harris, 3829 Sowell Hollow Road, Columbia, TN 38401. Notes of sympathy may be extended at www.oakesandnichols.com.

A descendent of pioneer settlers of the Santa Fe Community, he was the youngest son of the late John N. Woody and Pauline Pigg Woody and 1954 graduate of Santa Fe High School.

He was a long-time member and active in the affairs of Riverside United Methodist Church. A 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, York Rite Mason, and member of Benton Masonic Lodge for 50 years, he served as lodge secretary for 10 years. He was also a member of the Royal Order of Scotland.

Mr. Woody was employed by Monsanto Company for 25 years, General Electric Corporation for 10 years, and retired from the maintenance department of Essex Corporation.